Once in Eternity... (one song)
I almost sang this song out loud when I arrived at the office of a well known digital company and the cold air was blowing. While the content production department team is showing me around the office, my eyes and ears are not focused on the introduction, but all my attention is on the boss's office, my idol's office.
"What is your name?"
"And me?"
"Didn't you hear me?"
My mentor, her name is 'Yah'. She glares at me, but she sees I'm still focused on the boss's office. She seems to understand that I might ask about the frosted glass room with the dim light inside.
"Did you feel cold looking into that room?... You're just an intern. I don't think it's necessary that you need to contact the boss ML"
note:
ML= Mohm Luang - The last title of the Thai royal family or the son of a king's great-grandson.
"Boss ML?"
"Yes, we call her Boss ML, did you know that? Is she really that famous?"
I nod my head and smile. Of course... I also knew Boss ML She is the reason why I have to try as hard as I can to work here.
Nobody knows how hard I tried to be like her.
"If I pass the training program, can I meet her?"
"Well. Mon is your name, right?"
Yah smiles at me, revealing her crinkly eyes that make it clear she's older than I am.
"Sure, if you pass the program you'll find her, but will you meet her?. I don't know why an intern would have reason to communicate with our boss. "
"No chances?"
I'm disappointed. How can I find her with her being boss here? My duty is to follow the team. I might have another chance.
"No way."
I'm changing smiles. Yah looks at me and smiles mercifully.
"When you smile, you light up the room. Unlike ML who never smiled, has she ever been happy in her life?"
"Khun* Sam... Ah... Boss ML" I'm trying to call her like the others to blend in here.
"I saw in a magazine that she smiled."
Note: 'Khun' is a formal pronoun used before the given name.
"Only when she is forced by the situation. Normally, she is never in the mood to cheer us up. She looks better in her room."
Why did I feel that Yah doesn't like her? For me, my heroine is so lively. He knows? For all these years I have followed her closely. There's nothing about her that I don't know.
I even know that she just got back from a Japanese restaurant... I'm following her on Instagram.
"You said I might have a chance... When?"
"Tonight Mr. Kirk, the owner of the company, is going to bankroll a party to celebrate that the company has hit the target. Sadly not the annual trip to Hokkaido."
She said it like she was dreaming of a fairy tale. Looking at the current economy, I felt empathy for the entrepreneur. Just one party is enough for me.
As I'm walking past the boss's room, the door suddenly opens for someone I was expecting to see. My heart skips beats. Now I'm looking down shyly like I'm afraid she'll recognize me.
It's a secret love. The scent of Chanel No. 5 is filling the room. The little woman walked past everyone. I can feel everyone's coldness here. Tension is in the air.
